There are no practice fields available, however there is a batting cage near each of the two fields. Each team will be given a 20-minute block in the cage nearest the field you will be playing on. Each team will also have 10 mintes to take an infield before the game.

BATTING CAGE: (20 minute timeslot per team)

HOME TEAM will have 20 min of cage starting ONE HOUR before the scheduled start of the gam
VISITING TEAM will have 20 min of cage FORTY minutes before the scheduled start of the game

INFIELD: (10 minute timeslot per team)

HOME TEAM will have 10 min of infield starting THIRTY MINUTES before the scheduled start of the gam
VISITING TEAM will have 10 min of infield starting TWENTY Iminutes before the scheduled start of the game

For example, if a game is scheduled for 5:00pm, the following schedule applies:

4:00- 4:20 Home team cage time

4:20 - 4:40 Visting team cage time.

4:30 - 4:40 Home team infield

4:40 - 4:50 Visiting team infield

4:50 - 5:00 coach/ump meeting, scorecards, national anthem.

5:00 game

9-Team Double-Elimiation Bracket

Due to a last-minute notification that one team will not be participating, we ended up with 9 teams. A 9 team tournament presents a certain level of imbalance. There is no way around it. Therefore, we chose the double elimiiation format because it will cause less friction than the 9 team pool play.

Bracket was drawn and teams were drawn randomly out of a hat. State and New England Commish Janicki has given the bracket his stamp of approval.